dawuh

Balinese

Romanization

dawuh

1. Romanization of ᬤᬯᬸᬄ
2. Romanization of ᬥᬯᬸᬄ

Sundanese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognate to Balinese ᬥᬯᬸᬄ (“time”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dawuh (Sundanese script ᮓᮝᮥᮂ)

1. period of time

Derived terms

• dawuh kiwari
• dadawuhan

Related terms

• dahu

Sundanese register set
lemes	dawuh, timbalan
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	paréntah
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦝꦮꦸꦃ (dhawuh, “to command, to tell, word”)

Noun

dawuh (Sundanese script ᮓᮝᮥᮂ)

1. command, order, call
2. word

References

• “Dawuh” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.
• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia